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From mini to micro they moved the stress and failure points from the port to the connector. I'd rather replace a cable than a port, so imo it was a significant
by stormbrew 12y ago
From mini to micro they moved the stress and failure points from the port to the connector. I'd rather replace a cable than a port, so imo it was a significant improvement.
- stouset 12y agoI keep hearing this, yet somehow the micro-USB port on nearly every device I own has failed within a year or two of use. Not so for mini-USB.
- stormbrew 12y agoWell, anecdata and all but I've had rather the opposite experience. Mini ports that even new plugs just don't want to stay in and micro plugs where a new cable was all I needed. Someone in this post has been talking about micro plugs outright breaking off in devices and I've never seen that at all.
- sliken 12y agoI've had micro usb cables die, cables incompatible with devices, and even had a phones micro-usb die. Seems like I get about a year out of micro-usb cable/device/charger if I use it daily. Assuming no physical abuse I've never had a problem with mini-usb.